it's okay. >> reporter: this house is typical of this midland beach area of staten island. you can see the big red sticker here on the front door, it says unsafe area. so clearly, somebody came by to check the home. they found it to be unsafe but whoever that was probably wasn't looking for cats or dogs. they were looking for humans and to check on the condition of the home. but when we pulled up, we did find a group of four cats eating from this cat food here so obviously, somebody left this behind for the cats. the question is, though, how long will they be able to survive on this food and will somebody be able to save them before this food runs out. robert marks the house so they know to come back for the cats. if they find them, they'll try to catch them. otherwise, they will set humane traps to save them. >> they can't talk, you know. they can't say hey, you know, my owner left me behind or hey, i'm stuck, i have nowhere to go, i need food. >> reporter: like this cat, who was hungry and alone. we were finally able to coax her out of an abandoned house. she's starving.